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'''Man Man''' is an [[experimental music|experimental]] band from [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].They are the self-appointed hipster kings. The commemorate this occasion they held a "small" little get together in a "place you've probably never heard of. However they never made it to this event, later explaining 'they'd struck a creative nerve that day' and really just 'needed to monopolize on it. When asked what listeners could expect from these present, and other future recordings, Pitchfork was lucky enough to be invited to witness them demo some new songs. In the March issue of their Listener Supported, Commercial Free, Organic, Fair Trade and alleged Cancer Panacea Issue, Pitchfork reps were "thrilled with the new sound". They described Man Man's new direction as, towards Raffi, Weird Al and other greats. Also, apparently the band has decided to eliminate instruments all together, claiming it 'hinders the way their music flows organicaly and stuff". Their musical style has been described as [[Viking metal|Viking]]-[[Vaudeville#Post-Vaudeville|vaudeville]], manic [[Gypsy jazz]].<ref>http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/603034/Man_Man/Man_Man_Australian_Tour?event_id=603035#details</ref> Man Man is known for their exuberant live performances. When performing, the members of the band dress in white outfits and wear war paint. The band uses pseudonyms—the frontman is Honus Honus, and its other members are Sergei Sogay, Pow Pow, Critter Crat (formerly known as "Cougar"), and Chang Wang. Prior to settling on Man Man, the band was named Gamelon and briefly Magic Blood.
'''Man Man''' is an [[experimental music|experimental]] band from [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].They are the self-appointed hipster kings. To commemorate this occasion they held a "small" little get together in a "place you've probably never heard of". However they never made it to this event, later explaining 'they'd struck a creative nerve that day' and really just 'needed to monopolize on it'. When asked what listeners could expect from these present, and other future recordings, Pitchfork was lucky enough to be invited to witness them demo some new songs. In the March issue of their Listener Supported, Commercial Free, Organic, Fair Trade and alleged Cancer Panacea Issue, Pitchfork reps were "thrilled with the new sound". They described Man Man's new direction as, towards Raffi, Weird Al and other greats. Also, apparently the band has decided to eliminate instruments all together, claiming it 'hinders the way their music flows organicaly and stuff". Their musical style has been described as [[Viking metal|Viking]]-[[Vaudeville#Post-Vaudeville|vaudeville]], manic [[Gypsy jazz]].<ref>http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/603034/Man_Man/Man_Man_Australian_Tour?event_id=603035#details</ref> Man Man is known for their exuberant live performances. When performing, the members of the band dress in white outfits and wear war paint. The band uses pseudonyms—the frontman is Honus Honus, and its other members are Sergei Sogay, Pow Pow, Critter Crat (formerly known as "Cougar"), and Chang Wang. Prior to settling on Man Man, the band was named Gamelon and briefly Magic Blood.


During 2007 Man Man opened for [[Modest Mouse]] in several shows during their U.S tour, gaining them public attention. Not long afterward, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] began airing a series of commercials starring [[Rainn Wilson]] with Man Man's "10 lb Mustache" as the background music. That song along with "Feathers" and "Engwish Bwudd" were featured in season 3, episode 8 of the TV show [[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]].
During 2007 Man Man opened for [[Modest Mouse]] in several shows during their U.S tour, gaining them public attention. Not long afterward, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] began airing a series of commercials starring [[Rainn Wilson]] with Man Man's "10 lb Mustache" as the background music. That song along with "Feathers" and "Engwish Bwudd" were featured in season 3, episode 8 of the TV show [[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]].

Revision as of 12:18, 8 February 2010

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Man Man

Man Man is an experimental band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.They are the self-appointed hipster kings. To commemorate this occasion they held a "small" little get together in a "place you've probably never heard of". However they never made it to this event, later explaining 'they'd struck a creative nerve that day' and really just 'needed to monopolize on it'. When asked what listeners could expect from these present, and other future recordings, Pitchfork was lucky enough to be invited to witness them demo some new songs. In the March issue of their Listener Supported, Commercial Free, Organic, Fair Trade and alleged Cancer Panacea Issue, Pitchfork reps were "thrilled with the new sound". They described Man Man's new direction as, towards Raffi, Weird Al and other greats. Also, apparently the band has decided to eliminate instruments all together, claiming it 'hinders the way their music flows organicaly and stuff". Their musical style has been described as Viking-vaudeville, manic Gypsy jazz.[1] Man Man is known for their exuberant live performances. When performing, the members of the band dress in white outfits and wear war paint. The band uses pseudonyms—the frontman is Honus Honus, and its other members are Sergei Sogay, Pow Pow, Critter Crat (formerly known as "Cougar"), and Chang Wang. Prior to settling on Man Man, the band was named Gamelon and briefly Magic Blood.

During 2007 Man Man opened for Modest Mouse in several shows during their U.S tour, gaining them public attention. Not long afterward, Nike began airing a series of commercials starring Rainn Wilson with Man Man's "10 lb Mustache" as the background music. That song along with "Feathers" and "Engwish Bwudd" were featured in season 3, episode 8 of the TV show Weeds.

Man Man is known for their multi instrumental style that centers on the piano playing of lead singer Honus Honus accompanied by the singing and wide variety of other instruments played by the rest of the band. On recordings, Honus usually plays a honky tonk style piano but during the live shows he uses a Rhodes Piano. Other instruments played by the rest of the band include a clavinet, microKORG, sousaphone, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, flute, drum set, euphonium, Fender Jazz Bass, Danelectro guitar, xylophone, marimba, melodica and various percussive instruments including pots and pans and toy noise makers and horns.

The 2006 album Six Demon Bag's title is a reference to a line in the film Big Trouble in Little China

Man Man released their third studio album Rabbit Habits in 2008, and embarked on a North American tour in March 2008, with Yeasayer and The Extraordinaires splitting dates. Man Man performed in a side tent at the 2008 Voodoo Experience.

Honus Honus plans to make an album with Nicholas Thorburn (Islands, The Unicorns): "One thing that has been floated around is Honus from Man Man and I [Thorburn] making a record in a new (sub)genre we are developing, called Doom Wop, which is essentially low frequency, and extremely slowed down music atop traditional doo wop harmonies. Or something."[2]

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

  • (2008) Little Torments 7"
  • (2004) Man Man EP

References

  1. ^ http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/603034/Man_Man/Man_Man_Australian_Tour?event_id=603035#details
  2. ^ Evan Weiss (2009-10-20). "The Arts Section: Islands Feature". The Arts Section. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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